1982 Dutch Grand Prix
The 1982 Dutch Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Zandvoort on 3 July 1982. The race, contested over 72 laps, was the ninth race of the 1982 Formula One season and was won by Didier Pironi, driving a Ferrari, with Nelson Piquet second in a Brabham-BMW and Keke Rosberg third in a Williams-Ford.
| 1982 Dutch Grand Prix | |||
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| Race 9 of 16 in the 1982 Formula One World Championship | |||
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The Zandvoort Circuit (1980–1989) | |||
| Race details | |||
| Date | 3 July 1982 | ||
| Official name | XXIX Grote Prijs van Nederland | ||
| Location | Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort, Netherlands | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 4.252 km (2.642 miles) | ||
| Distance | 72 laps, 306.144 km (190.229 miles) | ||
| Weather | Cloudy | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Renault | ||
| Time | 1:14.233 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver | Derek Warwick | Toleman-Hart | |
| Time | 1:19.780 on lap 13 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Ferrari | ||
| Second | Brabham-BMW | ||
| Third | Williams-Ford | ||
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Lap leaders | |||
René Arnoux started from pole position, but he crashed out at the notorious Tarzan Corner when his Renault's throttle stuck open and he hit the tyre barriers. Arnoux walked away from the crash unharmed.
This was the first Grand Prix after the death of Riccardo Paletti three weeks earlier in Montreal. This was also the final win of Didier Pironi's Formula One career.
Ferrari entered Patrick Tambay to replace Gilles Villeneuve, who had been killed during qualifying a few race weekends prior, at the Belgian Grand Prix.